Oh, hah, I'm sorry, I keep forgetting. You were sick the day they taught law at law school.
Read more Lt. Daniel Kaffee QuotesFrom: A Few Good Men (1992)
All right, take the night off. We've been working twenty hours a day for three and half weeks straight just take the night off, Sam go see your wife and your daughter, Jo go do... whatever it is you do when you're not here.
There was no poison on the rag and there was no intent to kill, and any attempt to prove otherwise is futile because it just isn't true. When Dawson and Downey entered Santiago's room that night, it wasn't because of vengeance or hatred; it wasn't to kill or harm. And it wasn't because they were looking for "kicks" on a Friday night. It was what they were ordered to do. Let me say that again, *it was what they were ordered to do*. Out in the real world, it means nothing, and in the Washington navy yard it doesn't mean a whole lot more, but if you're a marine assigned rifle company Windward Guantánamo Bay Cuba, if you're given an order you follow it or you pack your bags. Make no mistake about it, Harold W. Dawson and Private Louden Downey are sitting before you today because they did their job.
Downey : I don't understand... Colonel Jessup said he ordered the Code Red.Galloway : I know but...Downey : Colonel Jessup said he ordered the Code Red! What did we do wrong?Galloway : It's not that simple...Downey : What did we do wrong? We did nothing wrong!Dawson : Yeah we did. We were supposed to fight for people who couldn't fight for themselves. We were supposed to fight for Willy.